Power is in the Believer; Not in the Belief

I've always believed that the only actions you really need to take in life are having the necessary conversations to move your social life forward because relationships are all we got. The interconnectedness of all things. If you want to grow especially in your retirement years, you need to have conversations with friends, family and  partners. You need to have conversations with people in your community too. It's that simple. 

And yet, why is it so difficult to have these conversations? 

 Retired individuals tend to stay home a good bit of the day because they either love their home, they have health issues that make traveling challenging or they are shy.  For some people making new friends can be extremely challenging. Because we are so afraid of what the other person may think. We are afraid of receiving a negative response because of what we made the "no to acceptance" mean: rejection, failure, unworthiness. 

If you were raised to be judgmental of others because of their success, happiness, wealth, health, all that means is that you are judging yourself.  When you sit in judgment you become stagnant. Belief is a habit of mind. You have thought one way for such a long time, you believe it to be true. What you think and what you know are two very different things. Your job is to separate what you think from what you know. Your truths are not necessarily the truth. Make a paradigm shift and decide what you want to believe.  Ask yourself, "is what I'm believing working for me?"   How much of what I believe is actually true?  
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Make that call, arrange the lunch date, go play cards with the group at the community center, join a book group or call one friend and take a walk. 

Empowering yourself and 72 days homeless

For the victims of Sandy who are now. more than 72 days without a home, I address how important it is to remember now that you life is worth living.  You are valuable to yourself and to your loved ones.

When good things are not happening in your life naturally, you can create a new paradigm.  You can elevate the quality of your life by empowering yourself now. If you have faith, surrender to it: God, Jevohah, Jesus, whatever you call it, surrender to it now. Once you surrender to your higher self and get out of the thinking that where you are is all there is, you become empowered. Instead of getting stuck in the frustration, resentment, or anger over what your life has become, all the emotions that bring on disease, let your faith be your assistance and empower you. You will feel the immediate, unlimited power of Spirit.  A life that is worth living is a surrendered life. There is something greater than government. And you are that greatness. As you let go and become one with the power (whatever you name it), your old idea of life begins to disintegrate. Choose to surrender daily to the power through affirmative prayer, meditation and contemplation, and your life will be transformed beyond your expectations.  Trust the journey.twitter.com/RevWaukena

Knowing Your Power

Being empowered is knowing how power works. Knowing the Law of Attraction, Karma, Cause and Effect, whatever you name it is using this Power for good that is yours effectively. Take a look at the Article below on Law of attraction written by Christie Whitman and begin activating Your Power with results you desire.

The Law Of Attraction

The Law of Attraction states that whatever is broadcast out into the universe is joined by (or attracted to) energies that are of an equal frequency, resonance or vibration. The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the Universe. Everything in the Universe is energy. All energy has a vibration, radiates a signal, and attracts a matching signal back. Thoughts and feelings are also energy. When we send out our thoughts, our thoughts have a certain vibration, which then radiates a signal, and a matching signal is then sent back to the source of that signal. If we think thoughts of abundance, that vibration is sent out into the universe. The abundance signal is sent out and we receive back matching energy in the form of abundance. The same is true if we arethinking thoughts of lack or limitation. If we are feeling that something we have in our experience is not good enough, we are sending out that vibration and signal and the universe by the Law of Attraction brings us more of what we think is not good enough. The Law of Attraction delivers both what is wanted and what is unwanted depending on the signal we send out to the Universe. You attract what you are and that which you concentrate upon. If you are feeling negative emotions, you draw in and experience negativity. If you are feeling positive emotions, you draw in and experience positive life experiences. You can attract to you only those qualities you possess. So, if you want freedom and joy in your life, you must feel what it already feels like to feel freedom and joy in your life right now. This Universal Law demonstrates how we create the things, events, and people that come into our lives. Our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions produce energies which, in turn, attract like energies.

The Law of Attraction, also known as Cause and Effect or Sowing and Reaping is, like all Universal Laws, extremely important to understand and implement if you are to learn to purposefully and consciously attract the things into your life that you most desire. It is equally as important is to learn how not to attract those things that you do not desire. Most of us are focused on what we don’t want, and with our attention on what we don’t want, we create more of what we don’t want.The way to work in alignment with the Law of Attraction is to be aware of what you are giving your attention to. Whatever we give our energy, focus, and attention to, whether wanted or unwanted is what we will attract into out lives.For those that choose to consciously and deliberately create a life of abundance and joy, becoming aware of how this law works is very important. The Law of Attraction, like all the Universal laws, is verifiable, unwavering and predictable. You can then implement it, to attract to yourself, the things that prior to this knowledge, seemed to happen only by chance. How you deliberately choose your thoughts and feelings is important in order to become a person that deliberately creates your life.

Scientific Look at The Law Of Attraction I am not a scientific type of person. When I first started to apply the Law of Attraction, I had no idea how it worked, nor did I care. I just wanted to see extraordinary results in my life, so I started to apply it. My life literally changed over night. I created money out-of-the-blue, top rankings in my profession, my dream house and since then have created my ideal relationship, my dream car, success in my business, and my ideal career. There is no doubt in my mind that the Law of Attraction is a viable and powerful force. I have personally seen the amazing power it has had not only in my life, but in all of the many lives of my coaching clients. My point is, you don’t have to know how it works to work with it.

But . . . for you more analytical people that want to know how it works, there is an example of how to explain this law in the full ebook, The Laws of the Universe:You must know what you are wanting and where you want to go in your life. You must consciously direct the power. Clarity through contrast-observe what you want and get clarity by noticing what you don’t want. There is a process for this in the ebook. Make a list of your desires. For 15 minutes every day work, change, and upgrade the list. Keep silent about this. Get in a good feeling place (good vibration) about your un- manifested desires. To learn more about the ebook, or to receive more information:

http://www.7essentiallaws.com/essentiallaws.php

Writing in a journal is the act of growing and empowering yourself. Writing what you think and feel allows you to bring forth what beliefs you hold and affirming your truth. It also allows you to release anything you no longer want to carry in mind. Some questions you can ask yourself and then write the answers in your journal are

What am I passionate about?

How do I want this day to unfold (if you write at the beginning of the day)?

And, if you write at the end of the day, list those things that were inspiring to you and what you feel appreciation for about your day.

Keeping a journal gives you a true perspective on yourself. Everytime you record, you are checking your inner compass to know what direction you are going. You need that reflection back to remind you of your purpose, especially whether you are living your life “on purpose” or not. It’s a great way to redirect your thinking when needed. You are guided by your feelings when you write.

To achieve real empowerment, you need to be confident and at peace with every part of you. The hardest part of getting started is to just do it. Celebrate that you desire to be more than you are right where you are. Honor your journey and the courage it takes for you to go deeper into self-contemplation. You must have some reason for wanting to become empowered or more empowered. Perhaps you experienced some kind of discontent with yourself, or you experienced feeling powerless. Whatever the reason, you are motivated to start. Know that right where you are is okay. Celebrate that you have said “yes” to life. When I attended meetings at the New York Road Runners Club during my trainings for the marathon, the one thing that inspired me the most was that the facilitator said, “if you get to the start at the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in Staten Island, the first island of five that you will run through, you are already a winner.” You are already successful.

You are always in a good place when you are at the beginning. In other words if you don’t like where you are in life and want to change, it doesn’t matter because becoming cognizant of how you feel, brings you to the beginning of something new. That’s good because now you start out knowing what not to do. Therefore, your chances are greater. Whatever you set out to do, you will be successful. And if not, you just come back to the beginning and start again until you get it the way you want it to be. Instead of focusing on everything you disliked about your life, you get more inspired to succeed at what you desire.

Excerpt from "Activating The Power Within - 8 Weeks to an Empowered Life" - coming soon

Fear of falling and loud noises are the only two fears inherent in humans. All other fears are learned. When we think we are afraid of something, it is a learned behavior and like all behaviors, it can be changed.
All thoughts have a frequency. Fear and love have a different frequency. What you want and what you don't want are at a different frequency. What you get when you are empowered is a cohesiveness in your frequencies and therefore live a more balanced life.
The most powerful tool you have to energize your mind, body, and spirit is to know that your life is an out -picture of what your mind is thinking. In other words you always have in consciousness what you see in your experience.
We say affirmations to have new experiences. However, when those affirmations are placed into an old paradigm, they will not manifest. We change our old way of thinking first, then the new experiences we want demonstrate.
How do we change them? We can start by watching what we say. Are you in fear or in love? When you are in conversation, watch what words you use. If you speak of dire times, it represents what you believe. Avoid words that are negative in nature. More importantly disengage in conversations that dwell on all the drama in your life or in the world. Speak about life's gifts and how they show up in your life. See challenges not as a drain on life but an opportunity to grow. Empower yourself by choosing thoughts that serve you. Choose conversations that lift you up.
Don't focus on the breaths you take, focus on the things that take your breath away.

Create a Powerful Environment

Having an empowered life includes an environment that supports and nourishes you. When you came into this world, you made demands right from the start. When you were hungry you cried. While you no longer cry when you are uncomfortable and there's likely no one who comes to you to make you feel good again if you should, there are things you can do to create an environment that works or you.

Empowerment is from within. There are no shortcuts to power. It is a process you go through where you awaken to a higher consciousness. You gradually form new habits of behavior including the way you think.

Most behaviors are not genetic; they are a product of your early childhood development and life experiences. You can easily form new behaviors.

Empowerment includes what is in your physical world too. Do you surround yourself with empowering people who think powerfully so that you can be nourished and supported in a powerful way? Who you surround yourself with is instrumental in nourishing your environment.

How you think can be empowering or it can be dis-empowering. You don't become powerful from certificates, degrees or promotions on the job. You may hold powerful positions, but that does not make you empowered. Being empowered is not about controlling others. It is an aware person whose level of consciousness transcends conditions and experiences. An empowered person is astute to his or her surroundings and observes them objectively. You respond rather than react to people, places and things.

from Activating the Power Within (8 weeks to an Empowered Life)